Horror Show, Greg Kihn
Horror Show, Greg Kihn
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Horror Show

Author: Greg Kihn

Narrator: Paul Brion

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/31/2023


Synopsis

Schlock horror director Landis Woodley lives in a decaying mansion in the Hollywood Hills. When he abandoned the movie business—after being reduced to filming skin flicks and peep shows—he also left a laundry list of enemies, including the IRS. But avid fan Clint Stockbern is determined to write a piece on the alcoholic recluse for Monster magazine. Woodley agrees to the interview—for $600 in cash.

As the tape recorder starts rolling, Stockbern travels back in time with Woodley. He hears recollections of Attack of the Haunted Saucer, the worst movie of all time, and Blood Ghouls of Malibu. But he really wants to know about Woodley's masterpiece, Cadaver. Shot on location in the Los Angeles County morgue, the film was rumored to have used real corpses and everyone associated with the production has been fatally haunted since its 1957 release. But the truth is far more terrifying than Stockbern imagined. Is a dead Satanist, possessed by the devil, reaching out beyond the grave? Or is the reporter the final victim in a diabolical scheme dreamed up by mortals?

Horror Show is a wild and wacky romp that sends up mid-century Hollywood horror movies and schlockmeisters Roger Corman, William Castle, and Ed Wood.

About Greg Kihn

Greg Kihn was a pop star in the eighties. Greg enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV with two hit songs: "Jeopardy" and "The Breakup Song." He lives in San Francisco, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on October 12, 2021

3.5 Stars This was such a fun horror novel for horror movie buffs. There were so many wonderfully quoteable lines.......more

Goodreads review by Tim on September 22, 2017

Wow… this is one of those rare books that I have a list of complaints that I could make, but simply enjoyed it so much that I don’t care. Let me start off by getting this out of the way. The writing is adequate, but not great. The plot is uneven and some of the supernatural aspects seem tacked on. A......more

Goodreads review by clumsyplankton on August 16, 2023

I really enjoyed this......more

Goodreads review by Bryce on March 24, 2008

Could have been so much better. Story starts off well, with interesting points about the way film present sweeps film past under the rug and an intriguing plot about the origins of a cursed film. Unfortunately these only show up in the framing device, once that's done so is most of the fun. Once we......more

Goodreads review by Craig on July 06, 2012

More fun than a barrel full of fish shooting monkees in straight-jackets with Stratocasters. Crazy, man.......more